Residents 'feel abandoned' in Hessle Road regeneration scheme in Hull

The streets in Tyne Street have been left looking like a "bomb site". (Image: Peter Harbour)

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Residents left frustrated with regeneration works in streets off Hessle Road are calling for answers as to why they will not be receiving the same quality build as other areas in the city.

In January, residents in Tyne and Dee Streets and Ribble Avenue were faced with a halt in the £750,000 regeneration works after Hall Construction Group Ltd went into administration.

Peter Jackson, a Tyne Street resident, said: “We have been told five different start dates and they have all been wrong.

“Some KeepMoat containers have turned up on St George’s Road on Monday, but there has been no activity.

The streets off Hessle Road have been waiting for regeneration. (Image: Peter Harbour)

“We have learned to deal with the abandonment of not having the work done, but now we want answers as to why we are not getting cladding and double glazing like the rest of the city.”

Mr Jackson said he has hand-delivered two letters to the Octagon Centre in Walker Street asking for answers as to why the council allegedly have no money to fit the houses with cladding or double-glazing, but feels so far he and the other residents have been ignored.

Hull City Council have told the Mail the proposals never included plans to install double-glazing.

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“You see houses in Preston Road with all new cladding and they are nowhere near as old as our houses,” he said.

“What they’ve done with Walliker Street as you come over the flyover looks beautiful, but we have been left with a bombsite.

Hall Construction Group Ltd were supposed to undertake the work but went into administration. (Image: Peter Harbour)

“Hall Construction took lovely fencing down and people’s front gardens have been left a mess, and it really is as if we have been abandoned.”

The Mail previously reported the £750,000 scheme is set to give 121 homes in Tyne, Ribble and Dee Streets new frontages with new walls installed.

The frontage improvements include external painting works, new fascias and guttering. New boundary walls and railings will also be installed and court terrace footpaths will be renewed.

The streets include Tyne, Dee and Ribble. (Image: Peter Harbour)

Originally, there were plans to build a new secondary school in the Tyne Street area and demolish the 150 homes, but the council decided to refurbish the properties instead. The scheme was later scrapped.

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A Hull City Council spokesperson said: “Hull City Council has secured £2.25m from Government sources to help regenerate private sector housing in the city.

"As part of this programme, the council is offering homeowners in Tyne, Ribble and Dee Streets, at no cost to themselves, a painting scheme; renewal of fascias and gutters; renewal of court terrace footpaths, and boundary walls and railings for homes with frontages.

"The average cost for this work per property is £7,000.

“This improvement scheme was never designed to provide external wall insulation and double glazing, and nor were they offered to residents. However, as a council we are proud of the work that we are doing to help improve private sector housing in the city and we are satisfied that the improvements being offered to homeowners in Tyne, Ribble and Dee Streets are generous.

"We would like to be able to offer this level of improvements to other areas of the city too, and will seek to secure funding in order to do so.”